Battle of Baure
{{Short description|Battle in Kenya}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = 2015 Battle of Baure
| commander2 = {{Flagdeco|Kenya}} Christipo Mutali
| casualties3 =
| casualties2 = 2 killed
| casualties1 = 11 killed
| strength2 =
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| commander1 = {{Flagdeco|al-Shabaab}} Abdul Hakim{{KIA}}
{{Flagdeco|Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant}} Abu Nusaybah
| partof = the War in Somalia
| combatant2 = {{flag|Kenya}}
| combatant1 = {{tree list}}
- {{flag|al-Qaeda}}
- {{flag|al-Shabaab}}
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| result = Attack repulsed
| date = 14 June 2015
| caption = Political situation in Somalia
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| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox War in Somalia (2009–)}}
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The Battle of Baure was an Al-Shabaab attack on a Kenyan military base located next to the town of Baure, in Lamu County, Kenya.
The attack
On the morning of 14 June at approximately 5.45am a group of al-Shabaab militants attacked the Kenyan army base. After a short engagement on the perimeter of the base, the attack was repulsed, leaving 11 Al-Shabaab fighters and 2 Kenyan soldiers dead.{{cn|date=February 2020}} The Al-Shabaab second-in-command was 25 year old British-born Thomas Evans ("Abdul Hakim"), who filmed the attack with a camera strapped to his body, and Evans died in the fighting. Evans was well integrated into al-Shabaab, having first joined in 2012, he spoke fluent Somali and issued commands and communicated with fellow fighters through radio.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33209677|title=Al-Shabab Briton 'second in command'|date=2015-06-20|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-12|language=en-GB}} German-born Andreas Martin Muller ("Abu Nusaybah") also took part in the attack, and escaped alive but wounded.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/cnews-us-kenya-security-idCAKBN0OZ27D20150619|title=Kenya says German citizen among gunmen who attacked military base|date=2015-06-19|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-02-12|language=en}}
References
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Category:Battles of the Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Category:Battles of the Somali Civil War involving Kenya
Category:Battles involving al-Shabaab (militant group)
Category:Al-Shabaab (militant group) attacks in Kenya
Category:Attacks in Africa in 2015
Category:Attacks on military installations in 2015